Tom Sasse
Former Associate Director
Tom's recent work
Proposing change: How same-sex marriage became a government success story
Passing legislation to introduce same-sex marriage marked an important step in addressing the UK’s past legal discrimination against same-sex couples.
The development of the UK’s offshore wind sector 2010–16
What can this and future governments learn from the UK's successes in offshore wind policy in the 2010s?
Tackling obesity
Government squeamishness on tackling obesity will mean higher taxes and lower productivity.
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Government reshuffles: the case for keeping ministers in post longer
Boris Johnson should keep his ministers in place – excessive turnover means they never get properly on top of their brief.
Carillion’s failed hospitals show need for outsourcing reform
Avoidable failures in government outsourcing have left the public waiting up to five years for two much-needed hospitals
The government is right to want to reduce civil service turnover – this is how to do it
Number 10 should focus on reforming pay and improving HR to prevent civil servants from changing jobs too frequently
Labour would be wise to pick its battles on outsourcing
The vastly contrasting manifesto offers on the merits of privately-operated public services fail to take account of past successes and failures.
The next government must turn climate pledges into action
The parties’ manifestos contain ambitious targets for tackling climate change, but the next government must back words up with action.
The government doesn’t need to scrap EU procurement rules to spend more with small businesses
The government is right to look at how to increase procurement spending with small companies and local firms but wrong to blame EU rules.
Government must address the causes of repeated outsourcing failures
The government has a chequered record on outsourcing, but bringing services back into government hands by default risks throwing away the successes.
Government outsourcing
Which services have been outsourced successfully and which need reform
Labour’s insourcing policy shows need for better evidence on who delivers services
Labour’s insourcing policy deserves thoughtful engagement – but it also underlines how future governments need to base decisions on better evidence.
Probation outsourcing is a case study in failure
The Government must learn from the mistakes which have made re-nationalisation of probation services necessary